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Energy Policy: Industry Perspectives




A 1975 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that examines the issues facing the oil, electric utilities, gas and coal industries separately, and provides conclusions and recommendations for each.

Gray, John E.
1975
135 pages


Table Of Contents
Preface
Author's Note
Acknowledgments
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Oil
Industry Background
Oil Industry Issues
Conclusions
Recommendations
Notes To Chapter Two
Chapter Three Electric Utilities
Industry Background
Utility Industry Issues
Conclusions
Recommendations
Notes To Chapter Three
Chapter Four Gas
Industry Background
Gas Industry Issues
Conclusions
Recommendations
Notes To Chapter Four
Chapter Five Coal
Industry Background
Coal Industry Issues
Conclusions
Recommendations
Notes To Chapter Five
Chapter Six Conclusions
Energy Policy
Prices and Profits
Rate Regulation Procedures
Environmental Policies
Structure of the Electric Utility Industry
Antitrust Restrictions
Appendixes
Appendixes
Appendix a Factors Influencing Energy Industry Decisions
Footnotes
Appendix B Factors in Formulating a National Energy Policy
Appendix C Influences on Decision-Making in the Oil Industry
Appendix D Influences on Decision-Making in the Electric Utility Industry
Footnotes
Appendix E Influences on Decision-Making in the Gas Industry
Appendix F Influences on Decision-Making in the Coal Industry
Appendix G Corporate Objectives
Background Assumptions
Corporate Objectives
Corporate Objectives
Appendix H Electric Utility Financing
Introduction
II. The Present Problem
III. The Origins of the Present Problem
IV. Some Proposed Solutions
Appendix I Resource Needs for Nuclear Power
Conclusions
Licensing
Uranium Supply
Uranium Enrichment
Technical and Construction Manpower
Financing
Appendix J Gas: One Company's Approach
Exploration, Development and Production
Marine Transportation
Pipeline Transportation
Marketing
Research and Development
Conservation
Defining Corporate Obligations
Recommendations ON PUBLIC POLICY
Appendix K the Potential of Coal
Introduction
Current Capacity
The Ingredients of Growth
Exports
Transportation
Conclusion
Index
About The Author